"ear rape" meaning in English

See ear rape in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ear rapes [plural], ear-rape [alternative], earrape [alternative]
Etymology: Compound of ear + rape, metaphorically referring to an unwanted assault on the listener's ears. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|ear|rape}} Compound of ear + rape Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ear rape (countable and uncountable, plural ear rapes)
  1. (slang, derogatory, often offensive, uncountable) Highly unpleasant or cacophonous sounds or music. Tags: derogatory, offensive, often, slang, uncountable Synonyms: cacophony Coordinate_terms: eyerape
    Sense id: en-ear_rape-en-noun-eDw~bKyZ Categories (other): Music, Sound Disambiguation of Music: 43 37 20 0 Disambiguation of Sound: 79 10 11 0
  2. (slang, humorous, often offensive, uncountable) An act of deliberately increasing the volume of the audio of music, often for humorous effect. Tags: humorous, offensive, often, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ear_rape-en-noun-HolNr4tE Categories (other): Music Disambiguation of Music: 43 37 20 0
  3. (slang, derogatory, countable) An instance of a highly unpleasant audio or song. Tags: countable, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-ear_rape-en-noun-FD7WvQD~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Music Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 21 42 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 17 40 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 13 55 20 Disambiguation of Music: 43 37 20 0

Verb

Forms: ear rapes [present, singular, third-person], ear raping [participle, present], ear raped [participle, past], ear raped [past], ear-rape [alternative], earrape [alternative]
Etymology: Compound of ear + rape, metaphorically referring to an unwanted assault on the listener's ears. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|ear|rape}} Compound of ear + rape Head templates: {{en-verb}} ear rape (third-person singular simple present ear rapes, present participle ear raping, simple past and past participle ear raped)
  1. (slang, derogatory, often offensive) To be exposed to loud, unpleasant audio. Tags: derogatory, offensive, often, slang
    Sense id: en-ear_rape-en-verb-50twLfgp

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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